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The BBC is launching a new Gaelic digital television channel on September 19 called BBC ALBA.Going on air at 9pm, the channel has been co-funded by MG ALBA, formerly known as the Gaelic Media Service.It will cost £14 million with £10 million from MG ALBA and £4 million from the BBC.BBC ALBA will broadcast on… Continue reading BBC To Launch Gaelic TV Channel

Carphone Warehouse is to sponsor the fifth series of ITV’s talent show The X Factor.The company sponsored the show last year having previously sponsored Channel 4 show Big Brother.However, it ended its association with the reality show following the Celebrity Big Brother racism row in January 2007 (see Carphone Warehouse Hangs Up On Big Brother).The… Continue reading Carphone Warehouse Secures The X Factor Sponsorship

BBC One stole the show last night, gaining the highest number of viewers compared to its rival channels from 8pm onwards, with only a short break for the second episode of ITV1’s Coronation Street between 8.30pm and 9pm.New Tricks continued to dominate the 9pm Monday evening slot, pulling in more than 8.3 million viewers with… Continue reading BBC Stole The Show With New Tricks

Commercial broadcast TV had a record-breaking first six months of 2008, according to the latest figures from the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB).The first half of the year saw total commercial impacts up 6% on the same period last year – 15% growth over the last five years.The UK watched 2.4 billion broadcast TV ads… Continue reading Record Six Months For Commercial TV

ITV1’s Midsomer Murders fought off the competition last night, pulling in more than 6.5 million peak viewers with an average 26% audience share between 8pm and 10pm.BBC One’s Britain from Above managed to gain a respectable 5.1 million viewers between 9pm and 10pm, while Channel 4’s Big Brother picked up nearly 3 million at the… Continue reading Midsomer Murders Kills Off The Opposition

Channel 4’s Big Brother topped BBC One and ITV1 last night with more than three million viewers tuning in during the all-important 9pm to 10pm time slot.The reality programme gained a 14.6% audience share, with 3.3 million peak viewers catching up on the latest Rex and Nicole drama last night.Meanwhile, ITV1’s medical drama Harley Street… Continue reading Big Brother Comes Out On Top

The Competition Commission has been forced to extend the deadline for its investigation into Project Kangaroo until next January, because ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide failed to submit information on time.The commission requested details from the partners of the broadband joint venture, so it could assess whether the project will result in a merger… Continue reading Investigation Into Project Kangaroo Pushed Back To 2009

BBC One’s Crimewatch Solved 2008 special, a show looking at how the programme helped solve crimes such as the Nisha Patel Nasri murder, attracted more than 4 million viewers last night.The one-off programme gained a 19% average audience share between 9pm and 10pm.Channel 4’s Big Brother came second to BBC One with a 14% audience… Continue reading Crimewatch Special Stole The Show

Virgin Media added 24,800 TV subscribers during the three months ending June 30, as well as 54,600 subscribers to its cable broadband service.The group also reported an underlying operating profit of £333 million for the second quarter, with revenues of £990.5 million.The cable company posted an operating loss of £333 million in Q2, compared with… Continue reading Virgin Media Adds Almost 25,000 TV Subscribers

BSkyB has secured the British TV rights to England’s home Test matches, Twenty20 and one-day internationals until 2013 in a new deal unveiled today.As part of the deal, which is worth £300 million in total, Channel Five has also retained the right to continue broadcasting cricket highlights of England’s home Test matches.Sky has screened England’s… Continue reading Sky Retain Cricket Rights In New £300 Million Deal